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“Our Own Bread” – Interview with rani Jayakumar, Transition Palo Alto, by Willi Paul, Permaculture Exchange http://planetshifter.com/node/2042 “I adore anything craft-related, especially when it uses found materials and things that would otherwise end up in the landfill. I started with that very young – making little notebooks out of scraps of junk mail and stickers that had lost their glue and giving them as gifts to teachers. I think as I have grown, my interests have also diversified – I love cooking, preserving, knitting, appreciating nature. Last year we had … Continued

“State of Our Permaculture Union”. Interview with Lisa DePiano, Permaculturist & Keynote Speaker, 2012 NE Permaculture Convergence by Willi Paul, Permaculture Exchange http://planetshifter.com/node/2036 – excerpt – “I believe that we need change from both inside the system, like the participatory budgeting that is happening in New York and Chicago, and on the outside. I find that I am most effective somewhere on the edge. I believe that as a movement permaculture changes things by building beautiful, productive, abundant realities that defy the myth of scarcity and illustrate abundance, that build … Continued

Crowdfunding for Permaculture Now! Article / Interview with Christian Shearer of WeTheTrees.com by Willi Paul, permaculture exchange http://planetshifter.com/node/2035 – excerpt – “WeTheTrees is a crowdfunding platform for the Permaculture community. The platform is not, however, limited to only permaculture certified campaigns. WeTheTrees is open to campaigns that fall into any sustainability, environmental, social, or educational category, as long as they meet the ethics of permaculture. The key is to work the edges. It is much more effective to work on something at the edge of your system and help … Continued

A Regenerative Ag Incubator for Veterans – Interview with Deston Denniston, Vets Cafe Program (Pac NW) by Willi Paul, permaculture exchange http://planetshifter.com/node/2028 “We will undertake a survey of earth-shaping practices, beginning with small-scale domestic compost and expanding to include broad-acre soil building, infrastructure free irrigation and rain catchment, and other broad acre water conservation works. A study of civilian conservation corps field drain and tile methods, wadi systems, traditional methods of water handling such as Hawaii’s menehune channels, Australian wadies, the now popular bioswale, Yeoman’s keyline plowing, and other durable, … Continued

The Permaculture Sprout Cellar Network (A Transition Buckle). New Myth 23 by Willi Paul, openmythsource.com http://openmythsource.com/2012/06/22/permaculture-sprout-cellar-network/ – excerpt – In 2015, Northern CA, Oregon & Washington seceded from the United States of America in a sacred coup d’état fueled by a feverish localism bent, new agriculture values and Transition spirits. That same year the new Union, called Cascadia, created a network for the protection of non-GMO seeds and other food sources, using decommissioned bomb shelters, root cellars and other protected underground spaces. Only a select few saw the coast … Continued

AppleSeed Permaculture’s New Land Managers Program. Interview with Dyami Nason-Regan and Ethan Roland by Willi Paul, Permaculture Exchange http://planetshifter.com/node/2025 “We build symbiotic relationships that put people on the land and generate multiple forms of capital for everyone involved. Land managers will receive compensation for their services, and land owners will achieve returns on their investments in financial, material, living, social, or cultural forms of capital. We are building this match-making service to meet the parallel unmet needs we’ve encountered among our design clients, our students, and our colleagues in the permaculture and … Continued

“OccupyStrategy”? 5 Questions for Eli Zigas, food systems and urban agriculture program manager at SPUR. In support of: Panel Discussion – Expanding Urban Agriculture on Public Land. May 16, SF. Interview by Willi Paul, Permaculture Exchange. – excerpt – “I think there’s no question that in the urbanized parts of the Bay Area, there is a strong demand for space where people can grow food or learn about growing food. And since those efforts often require more land than what’s available in an individual yard, people are looking to public land for space. And, … Continued

Seeds & Ladders. A Conversation with Permaculture Designer Jenny Pell, Pacific Northwest. By Willi Paul, Permaculture Exchange http://planetshifter.com/node/2007 “Another metaphor that I use a lot is one of abundance and how can you expect the table to be full and abundant if you don’t bring something to the table? People in our culture have a bad habit of filling up at the table where someone else planted, harvested, and cooked the food, eating more than their fill, and then walking away without doing the dishes! You need to … Continued

In the Spirit of Lewis & Clark. Interview with Andrea Laliberte, earthmetrics.com by Willi Paul, Permaculture Exchange http://planetshifter.com/node/2004 – exceprt – “The real advantage of using a GIS is when you want to work with topography or produce topography-derived datasets such as slope, aspect, hill shade models or stream networks. These datasets can still be produced on a smaller site, but in many cases, the available free data are too coarse to produce good topography and more detailed survey data are needed. One free GIS package I use is Quantum GIS, … Continued

Unleashing the Collective Genius of San Francisco. Interview with Beverly Pitzer, TransitionSF by Willi Paul, Permaculture Exchange – excerpt – “Personally, I don’t see competition really playing a role in this movement. For this global experiment to work, we need cooperation and lots of it. Competition and a built in sense of scarcity have been the basis of our economy for a long time. As experts like Richard Heinberg share, we have reached the limits of growth, and operating in the same competitive mindset will not help us to build community … Continued

Hear messages of hope from two powerful guest speakers at EcoViva’s anniversary event: author-activist Rebecca Solnit and filmmaker Avi Lewis. Learn about the resilient communities in Central America combatting climate change through grassroots organizing. Lewis will screen his short film “Keepers of the Future” about the social movement our partners have built in El Salvador, and Solnit will speak about organizing in the face of global challenges. Guests will have the opportunity to meet and mingle with both speakers at the event. Come enjoy delicious Salvadoran food, drinks at the … Continued

DSA, the Democratic Socialists of America, has seen a massive influx of new members in the few weeks since the election. Here in the East Bay and across the country thousands of people have committed to building a left alternative that demands material improvements in our lives. DSA is dedicated to fighting for single-payer healthcare, tuition-free college, a living wage for all workers, and an end to white supremacy. We are coming together to oppose the emboldened right wing, protect our targeted brothers and sisters, and build a future that … Continued

Volunteer and help build the fightback movement against Trump! Join us for a mass organizing meeting to build for the Jan. 20 protest on the day of Trump’s inauguration. You can also join an outreach session Tuesdays between 5:30 and 7:30pm or contact us and let us know when you are available. No experience is necessary! We need help making phone calls, putting up posters, handing out flyers, painting banners and making signs. Come by any time to pick up flyers and posters or to help out. Only an organized … Continued

Join the Oakland Justice Coalition for our final meeting of 2016. Topics include: National and Local Elections What’s Next for OJC? MLK Week Actions 2018 Elections Hope to see you there! Bring a friend. 62089

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